Go For Broke! - Full Movie | Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga Ken K. Okamoto
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- Go for Broke follows the exploits of the most decorated unit in US Army history - the 442nd Regiment - the first all-Nisei (Japanese-American) combat team in WWII. Van Johnson stars as a commanding officer who must overcome his own prejudices as he trains and leads his men through battles on the European Front. Several of the main roles are played by actual Nisei members of the 442nd, lending a beautiful authenticity to the storytelling. Go for Broke represents a landmark in the portrayal of Japanese-Americans in Hollywood films and is a must watch for WWII history and war movie buffs alike.
Director: Robert Pirosh
Writer: Robert Pirosh
Starring: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Ken K. Okamoto, Henry Oyasato, Harry Hamada
My father is a 97 year old veteran and 442nd RCT from Hawaii and still alive and sharp as a tack . My brother and I both Vietnam veterans as well
Please send our regards to your dad.
Thank him for me.
@@MrQuek72 thanks I will
Yes, the same for me please.
I live in Fresno, California.... let him know that (if he doesn't know already)...
There's a stretch of CA(ifornia) Hwy 99 from Bakersfield to Fresno dedicated to the 442nd. One of the green hwy signs is posted just before the Fowler Exit about 10-15 miles south of Fresno.
Roeding Park (here in Fresno) has a memorial dedicated to the 442nd. On the east side, where surviving veterans of WWII would attend at sunrise on Memorial Day.
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Chief I am a desert war vet and my father world war 2 and Korea. I had a friend with relatives in the 442 from us to you all thanks for your service sir
Thank you for your service. My dad and uncle were also in Vietnam.
I'm Japanese and can be proud of those Japanese American so much, cause they swore allegiance to US and demonstrated their Japanese Bushido spirit.
No, you are wrong. The men of the 442nd were Americans, not Japanese. They did not have "Bushido spirit" because that is a Japanese cultural construct. Americans do not think like the Japanese, there is no "Bushido" analog in American culture. Japanese Americans fought like Americans, not like the Japanese.
Americans did not do banzai! charges and get slaughtered. Americans do not believe that being captured is disgraceful and that the Bushido spirit demands that suicide is the only honorable solution. For example, towards the end of the war in a jungle on a Pacific Island, a Japanese unit had run out of food and its men were starving. The commanding officer of the infantry company surrendered his men to Australian troops completely disobeying orders from his superiors.
NHK, the Japan public broadcasting TV network, did a documentary on this incident. They interviewed a veteran of that infantry company which surrendered--it was 70 years after the war. The veteran felt so disgraced and shamed that he did not allow NHK to show his face and his voice was altered. NHK interviewed a senior officer of that unit and the officer made it clear that he still regarded the commanding officer who surrendered to save his men from dying by starvation, as a dishonorable officer who tarnished the honor of the Japanese army.
That's how the Bushido spirit works in Japan. Americans don't think that way and Japanese Americans were not Japanese people living in America. The were Americans of Japanese ancestry. That's a huge difference. Japanese in Japan can't fathom the fact that when Japanese emigrate to countries like the United States, they become assimilated into their new country's culture, beliefs and norms, and the "Japanese" part of their identity is lost forever.
@@lonebeagle No, they have a Bushido spirit. According to the Bushido code, a samurai must fight for his lord, whether it be a Japanese or not. The 442nd served their lord aka America, therefore adhering to the Bushido code. Hideki Tojo sent a letter to the Japanese Americans saying that they must fight for America.
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 Are you an American? Are you Japanese American? Have you ever met and spoken to a 442nd veteran? Well I'm Japanese American and my father was in the 442nd! I can safely say that he would've kicked Tojo in the balls if he ever met him, and my father would've burned any letter sent to him by Tojo or any other Japanese.
My father and the other Japanese American members of the 442nd were AMERICANS you idiot!! They were NOT Japanese! Most Nisei could barely speak Japanese and most, like my dad, couldn't read or write Japanese either. In America your identity is not determined by your skin color or the shape of your eyes. We also don't have castes or social class systems. Americans come in all colors, shapes and forms.
My dad didn't have a "lord". He was a citizen of the United States of America. He had nothing to do with Japan in any way shape or forum. With your name I assume that you are from South Asia. The cultures of India and other South Asian countries cannot fathom how immigrants from Japan assimilated when they arrived in America 100 years ago. You guys are completely clueless to what makes Americans tick.
@@lonebeagle Sorry but the uneducated should mot comment until Educated. Go get some.
They were called. Japanese American's.
Just like African American
@@lonebeagle PS. Thank you for your father's Service. But you just need to learn more
I remember seeing this movie as a kid. I was so surprised. Should be shown in schools.
So when the captured Nazi's saw these guys for the first time in Italy, after heavy fighting with them, the German asked said" I didn't know that the Japanese were fighting with the US, to which one of the Neisse said, "Yeah didn't you know Japan changed sides? " :)
I know Right Despite the fact that The Japanese military had not done that Yet only after our two Atom Bomb's Were Dropped On Hiroshima And Nagasaki and there Imperial Army Turned into the Self Defense Forces i.e Ground Sea Air When the year 1954 happened
*Nisei*
Remarkably well done!
Its a pity black american soldiers weren't shown the same respect
The Red Tails were.
The 442 is a of bunch of American heroes there bravery was legendary and if I remember they had the most unit citations also from the president of United States
Its a amazing movie
I was in the Post Office and needed some stamps. I ask the older(like me)clerk what stamps they had available. He showed me a bunch and I asked for a sheet of 442nd memorial stamps. His face lit up and I said they were a famous WW2 combat unit and my Dad was a Navy flyer in the Pacific. He said his Dad served in and survived the 442nd through Italy and France! I was impressed about the 442nd all over again by that. I bought 442nd memorial stamps from a member's son!
One of my favorite WW2 movies. I wound up married to a woman born in 1957 born in Yokahoma, Japan to a Japanese woman and an American father. He rot. She was adopted by an American and brought back to the USA . I met her is college, fell in love, and married her, to our union was two lovely children..
They were persons of Japanese origin that were American citizens. They served with distinction. Utmost respect to them.
Good movie surprised they made it back in the day , shouts out to the 442nd.
I like how this movie also showed the cultural diversity among the soldiers. The difference in how the Hawaii Local Japanese or Kepani and the Mainland Japanese Americans act and view each other. Having the Kepani talk Pidgin and the Mainlanders speaking with an American accent is very nice.
In San Antonio Texas the Japanese families were taken away also. From all over the US and territories.
How is united commitment to American cultural values that formed our nation "cultural diversity"??? It is not. There are those who will not assimilate into American cultural values that formed our nation through faith in individual rights as enshrined in the bill of rights, etc. They cannot be true Americans. And their addition of "cultural diversity" is designed to destroy America. The whole point of this movie is that these Japanese men believed the same things that make America great.
@@elizabethmartin4328 Same here in Washington state. Some of them were friends of my dad that he went to school with.
Today at the cemetery I had the honor of meeting a man visiting his wife’s grave. He served in the 442nd and received a silver star during the war. Masayuki Higa you are a great man from a great generation that we will never forget.
A shame then, that so many of your fellow countrymen have forgotten already.
@@Deebz270 yes, it really is a shame
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There's a section of CA(lifornia) Hwy 99 dedicated to 442nd between Bakersfield and Fresno since the mid-2000's. Here in Fresno, at Roeding Park (just off Hwy 99) there is a memorial specifically related to the 442nd.
Edit: i cant remember how long it's been there, but its was definitely there since the 1990s, that i do know.
The 442 are my heroes; they saved my Dad's butt in Italy. They were sent in first, took more casualties than any other unit and got screwed at home during and after the war. They gained the respect of the white soldiers. They are my heroes. Thanks!
Japanese ARE white.
Acksamio!
I say laura
@Jay Luz Just take a look at their skin colour.
@Jay Luz That just goes to show how utterly stupid this classification of people by skin colour is. If you put a Japanese person next to a Spaniard, or a Sicilian or a Greek, the Japanese will frequently look lighter-skinned. You are confusing "white" with "European". BTW, the German Nazis classified the Japanese (and the Sioux!) as Aryans, by which they meant "white". And I know a lot of northern Europeans who tan to a very dark brown (once they get past the lobster red stage).
I am curious to know about these black people you know who you say look white. If they are white, why do you call them black?
The Highest Casualty rate and the Most Medals of ANY US Army unit in the war. Brave Sons of America.. Whatever the color
Not quite true. They probably had more medals than any other Regimental Combat Team, but more than any other unit. Their casualty rate was also more or less equal to most other units that served as long as they had.
I spoke to a number of 442nd veterans and some of them were in this movie. The soldiers you see are actual 442nd RCT veterans and some of them were used as German soldiers in the movie. I know that my father who was a 1st Sergeant Fox Company 442nd RCT was present during the movie production, and the technical advisor Lt. Col. Tom Akins was Fox Company Commander in Italy. I remember hearing that between the scenes veterans gambled in groups just like during the war. I always thanked the veterans for their service to the US even if their families were interned during WWII just like my father's family interned in Manzanar, CA.
Who was your dad? My godfather was Joe Wakamatsu.
@@brianmccarthy5557 My father was Jack K. Wakamatsu and he saw Joe Wakamatsu, who was part of "H" Company, killed by a shell fired by a Panzer Mk IV tank. He had one of his soldiers retrieve the remains of Joe Wakamatsu. I know that were a number of soldiers with the last name Wakamatsu and met Mary Wakamatsu whose brother was Harold Wakamatsu, dentist that lived in the Los Angeles Area.
I remember seeing the movie for the first time in the 1950's and asked why my father was not in the movie. He was there during the filming but was not in the movie.
My Dad advocated for the Nisei after his war and two Nisei families named their sons after my Dad. Including the Sakai family. The 442nd was a GREAT unit!
I watched this movie with my father as a boy. My dad was in the Pacific during the war and he said the bravery of these men spread all the way to the Pacific.
I remember watching the movie in the 1950's with my father and he pointed out Fox Company veterans that were in the movie. I was told that the extras were actual 442nd soldiers and during breaks played cards or gambled just like war time. The movie was made only six years after WWII and most of the soldiers were still under 30 years old.
As a a Japanese American, the 442 are all heroes to me.
As a Irish-American they are heroes to me too. 🇯🇵🇺🇸
Yes indeed ! One of the most decorated units of the entire US ARMY.
As a Cantonese Italian American , they are heroes to me . 👍 🇺🇸
Niihau incident
The fact this movie was made in 1951 and mentioned things like the internment camps and dealt with the racism they and others dealt with is amazing. Today people would claim they were rewriting history.
I liked the guy reading their names as they get on the boat. He was honestly trying to get it right.
My father, Jack K. Wakamatsu, was present during the filming and the extras in the movie were actual 442nd RCT veterans. I spoke to some of them who were in the movie and said that the extras played cards between the scenes just like during the war. The movie was produced six years after the war and many veterans were under 30 years old. My father was born in 1918 and he was 31 years old.
@@johnwakamatsu3391 I visited the current 100 battalion HQ in Ft Shafter Flats. Sgt Ohara picture was on the wall because he was actually a colonel and a former commanding officer after the war.
@@c3aloha The Sgt. Ohara real name was Henry C. Oyasato and he was promoted to 2nd Lt. during WWII. He received the Silver Star for action on October 29, 1944 and served in Fox Company 442nd RCT.
America could never justify what they did to that generation of Japanese Americans, BUT they are more than happy to pay reparations to blm and antifa? God bless America!😭🤬
@@johnwakamatsu3391 Hello Mr. Wakamatsu, my name is Roy T.Tsutsui Jr. My father served with fox company with an artillery unit, he was born in 1913 Salt Lake City, Utah. Thank you and your father for the unparalleled service to America and our people.🤙😎👍💪
my dad's regiment, i'm so proud of him...r.i.p. dad....
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Lane Nakano was actually interned at a relocation center and later him and brother volunteered for the Army(442). True heroes!
For real bro damn damn ho shi... Thank you partner bless up y self
Nice
Most of the main cast were actual members of the 442nd and fought in World War II and/or Korea. I didn't really think about it but there's definitely a level of authenticity to the film just because almost all of them are combat veterans.
@@iantakaoka8664 422 infantry regiment and the 522 field artillery Battalion were assigned to the Oklahoma 45th infantry division and participated in the Italy invasion and the crossing of the Rhine. The 45th was pulled back to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in July of 1945 the prepare got the invasion of Japan estimated to take place in October 1945. Their projected objective was mainland Japan target Boso Peninsula and Tokyo.
The Nakano family is from my home area. They are very numerous and prominent here, both in business and politics. It's fair to say they've been the most prominent local family here most of my lifetime. My mother went to school with Nakanos. I went to school with some of them. I do remember their mentioning that some of their relatives were in this film. The current kids in my family have gone to school with Nakanos.
I saw this movie in Japan when I was kid. Japan is proud of brave 442nd Regiment.
Is this film well known in japan?
@@trevorchristensen3953 At present few people know this movie in Japan.
@Potato Guardian Cause they’re soldiers of Japanese blood who showed great bravery.
The Japanese were lucky. I was told by my father that my godfather and a lot of other guys in the 442nd, who were friends of my Dad as fellow veterans when they went to college on the GI Bill after the war, were extremely mad at Imperial Japan for Pearl Harbor and held them ultimately responsible for internment. They had wanted to kill Japanese. Some in the 442nd were lobbying in 1945 to be sent to the Pacific to fight the Japanese instead of the Germans who they had no particular beef against. Considering what damage they did to the Germans I can only imagine what they'd do to the Japanese.
So glad to hear this.
A modern movie should be made about this unit.
Frankly, it would probably suck compared to this one. This has real veterans who lived the experiences, and I never underestimate Hollywood's ability to botch a story.
@@capajo02 what about HBO
There was a modern Go for Broke movie made in 2017! Its called Go for Broke an origin story. It was very well done, I would recommend it.
None have been as good because lack of veteran or military knowledge imho.
Hollywood is anti patriotism so nah
My Tutu Kane served WW2. He was a mixed polynesian man. Buried Punch Bowl.
Thank you for your service gentlemen!
"Go For Broke!"
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Amazing bunch of lads, we should never forget any of the people's of the nation's who battled to maintain our freedom from Tyranny.
Bless them all
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So many flags to fly with pride & respect, so many I don't know of🤔
God bless them all
442nd and 100th are the most decorated and courageous soldiers with the highest casualty rate! we admire their dedication to the countory!
God bless Japan and the 442nd! Or maybe it's best to say... Domo Arigato!
in 2005-2006 the 1st, 2nd, and 100th Battalions of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team deployed to Iraq; and served with Honor! I had the privilege to be assigned to the 100th BN of the 442nd RCT for a period of time, before being transferred to another unit for a 15 month deployment.
THE WW2 VETS ARE ALL HEROES EVEN THE WHITES GUYS!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT IT IS CALLED RACISM TO SAY THAT NOW DAYS. GEEEEZ??
@@maximsteelusa4855 Old saying True that there are few atheists in 🦊 Fox holes - Also few Racists.
442nd Infantry meets 100th Infantry (1:28:00)
This was a awesome movie. These Japanese Americans soldiers are true patriot soldiers.
I remember seeing this movie 3-2 years ago (I can’t remember) I couldn’t find the movie after a while. I recently found this movie again after falling in love with learning WW2. I couldn’t stop watching ever since. This is my 20th time watching this movie. It’s a very wonderful movie.
From a Japanese point of view, they are totally American. They just proved it. Good movie.
This shows the friendship between Americans and Japanese.
My Dad, a decorated combat veteran, eventually deceased of wound, became an advocate for the 442nd after the war and had two Nisei namesakes (Sakai) for his battles for the Nisei Soldiers when they returned to find homes and farms lost, excluded from country clubs and other venues. He also fought for other minority military personnel, including the RedTails and 761st Tank Battalion, through three wars.
Absolute RESPECT ....
Your Dad...Real American!
My Pop was an Island Hopper Amphibious WWII
God Bless your Dad with heartfelt thanks
The Japanese-Americans' homes, lands, and businesses were stolen. Despite the fact that many German-Americans supported Hitler and attended mass rallies in Madison Square Garden, they were never subjected to the same draconian conditions as the JAs. We own them a lot!
@@EjwiiiMoviesLowvilleNY I know and I as an American don't think that was right...
I often ponder that...it always will haunt me... But I realized that it wasn't just America that was at risk ...but the whole 🌎🌍...
We couldn't take the chance...not with my Homeland or our Allies...the risk was EVERYTHING...
WAR WE COULD DO WITHOUT IT REALLY BUT THE REALITY IS WARS COME AND GO...
AND ESPIONAGE IS REAL
This is what propaganda from the 1940's and 1950's looked like. They still didn't serve as mixed soldiers. They were segregated units. These were great soldiers, the same as all of the people who served. The modern problem is that there still is propaganda and racism, and it's coming from the same political party and people. Actually read your history and you can know the truth of which party that is, so if you voted for them, well guilt by association is the normal thing.
I live in Arkansas. There was an internment camp nearby. It is a memorial now in the middle of a farm field. Cemetary, memorial, historical display. Memorial to the 442 also.
I used to work with a Ph.d who was interned in that camp as a kid. Aside from the obvious difficulties he told me he actually liked Arkansas as a young boy and had frequently vacationed there since he grew up.
The 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (the two were later merged) were all-Nisei units that achieved renown for having displayed remarkable bravery in spite of crippling losses. The 442nd was the most-decorated!
Part of our nations history do not see it taught much in the schools either
Always liked this movie. Glad to see someone put it on TH-cam.
My father fought in the Pacific and told me how news traveled about the 442nd
My family were good friends with Akira "Sunny" Fukunaga when we lived in Hawaii. We would regularly go to church together until his death in 1991 and though it was just a short time, we were blessed by his presence and wisdom. A true American and a true hero.
This is a good movie, but it skipped much of the heroics displayed by this Regiment. They are to be loved, respected, and honored.
FABOULOUS MOVIE 🎥🎥🎥
NOT TO BE MISSED🌟🌟🌟🌟 OUTSTANDING TRUE STORY SUPER ACTING BY ALL CAST
WELL WORTH WATCHING ANYTIME ⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚
These men are truly great American heroes!
With 21 Congressional Medal of Honor, 442nd was the most highly decorated combat unit in the history of the American armed forces.
Most highly decorated Regiment Combat Team. Other units are more decorated.
@@redaug4212 for their size,they are the most highly decorated. Out of about 15,000 men,they had almost 9,500 purple hearts. Plus 21 CMH's. Thats a incredible amount.
@@redaug4212 pound for pound they are the Champs.
@@1ronin907 No doubt, as are many other American units that had served bravely and remarkably well during WWII
@@cliffkunishima9462 Actually, they received around 3,600 purple hearts. The unit's combat chronicle published after the war says so. But yes, for their size (a regimental combat team is bigger than a regular infantry regiment) they are the most highly decorated.
I was a Radar Air Traffic Controller at Tustin MCAS, CA in the 80s. We had a large section opposite the tarmac and Control Tower that the Japanese still farmed. 40 years earlier, their families were sent to some pretty wretched 'camps', but by '42, the gov. had many Nisei fighting in our Army, so they were allowed to stay on base to work their fields. I'm proud that the Corps didn't kick them out when they opened our base. As this movie shows, they fought bravely, always knowing they had to be better than the rest to bring pride to their people. SALUTE, Nisei of WWII!
Many of the actors were veterans of ww2 and the 442nd amazing they got to star in a movie about their own unit
An old friend of mine fought in the 442nd, the most decorated bunch in the Army. A real sweet man...
Director Robert Pirosh was himself a combat veteran. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Battleground.
great movie
He also helped to develop the early 60s TV series "Combat!"
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Another great Van Johnson movie!
I've watched this movie twice this year. It brings out the best in you! Thank you 442nd Reg for all that you did.
A very good movie. It will be more pronounced if colored. I am very proud as an Asian- American to have descendants who sowed their service to the world in WW2. Very best movie. Thanks for uploading to TH-cam and being able to be viewed by the next generation
Nothing but respect for the 442nd
Indeed
This movie makes think of mr.Keisuke Nariyoshi Miyagi from "The Karate Kid."
Rest In Peace Mr. Miyagi
TRUE AMERICAN HERO'S , EVERYONE , TO A MAN !!!!! Every American Should KNOW
THESE HERO'S !!!!!
Thank you veterans, your our heroes!
M Dad fought in the 34th Division and used to tell me stories about the Nisei attached to his division.... Bazooka team running up a hill to kill a Tank... Amazing!
Two Questions Did They Destroy it and Eny Loses??????????????? Actually a third one About 34th Division your dad was in Were in the Us Did The 34Th come from
@@kennaelizardo3132 The 34th Infantry Division was originally comprised of National Guard soldiers primarily from Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Mustered into Federal Service in February 1941, and over the next ten month brought up to strength by draftees and volunteers from across the USA. It was one of the best trained and prepared divisions in the USA in the aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
It was one of the first Divisions sent overseas barely a month after the USA entered the the war. It was sent to Northern Ireland in January 1942 to free a British Division to go fight in North Africa. Conducting additional training, while also maintaining a Garrison in Northern Ireland.
The 34th Division fought in Tunisia, North Africa, as well as in Italy at Salerno, and Naples, then the Amphibious Assault at Anzio to try to turn the German Gustav Line, and also capture Rome. After the capture of Rome, the 34th Division fought in the North Apennines (mountains), and then the Po (River) Valley.
The 34th Infantry Division fought alongside the 36th (Texas NG) Infantry Division, the 10th Mountain Division, the 88th "Blue Devils" Infantry Division, and the 442nd (Nisei) Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) (Nisei) {later attached to the 442nd). All among some of the Best units that served the USA during WWII.
@@paladinsix9285 i see
"...They're not 'Japs'. They're Japanese-americans." This movie is gonna be awesome!
A movie from a different time. I must have seen this over a dozen time over the years.
Don't knock it. You can not judge it by today's "standards ( witch are all _uck up).
theyare just like kids in size but in the battle grounds they are all heros! they are real giants of wars!
Audie Murphy was short.
Never seen this before, an excellent film. Van Johnson was also great in the film Battleground made in 1949 portraying the 101st airborne during the battle of the bulge.
I have the most respect for the 442 and the red tails ! Great men
how about the 769th Armored? They took care of business just like the Navajo Code Talkers and 92nd Infantry.
Did any Chinese American citizens fight or serve in the US military?
Just a question that popped into my mind.
Of course. But since China was our ally, in fact the main reason we got into a war with Japan, they didn't suffer discrimination. I don't know about all the other parts of the country but I know lots of Chinese Americans in California whose families have been here a lot longer than mine, sometimes back to the Gold Rush days. Like anybody else they were assigned where they were needed or by the mysterious "logic" of the military's personnel systems.
One of the members of that unit was the late US senator Daniel Inouye. He lost his right arm in fighting. On his way home to Hawai'i he stopped in San Francisco and went to a barber shop for a hair cut. The barber refused to cut his hair because he was Japanese. Heroes should be treated far better.
As I recall, he was in his captain's uniform, no less.
That was his story. Probably true, but Inouye was known for stretching the truth to suit his personal political benefit.
Brian McCarthy He was a hero in that he'd never have gotten a field commission without meritorious conduct. Be that as it may, I don't really trust the word of any politician.
@@brianmccarthy5557 What I am wondering is, WHY he was loyal to the Democrats! FDR was a Democrat and ordered the internment of Japanese Americans.
Americans are funny. They fight for the government that imprisons their entire family into concentration camps. Denies them civil rights. Treats them like second class citizens. Then mocks them in movies.
It is true that 120,000 from the West Coast were confined, but there were a larger group of 160,000 living in Hawaii where fewer than 2,000 were confined. As a result, most of the soldiers in the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd RCT came from Hawaii.
I'm 20 min in, and LOVING this! Breaks my heart what these brave patriots had to endure - first from a foreign attack and then from domestic racism. These heroes need to be lionized again with a remake.
Someone from Hawaii tried to make a remake recently with same title. Can’t beat the authenticity of these men who were real 442 vets though imho. Edited for being unfairly harsh.
@@c3aloha , the movie Go For Broke: An Origin Story tells the stories of how the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service began in Hawaii just before and shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It follows the ROTC students at the University of Hawaii hastily put into the newly formed Territorial Guard to guard critical civilian facilities after the attack. Those of Japanese descent were then dismissed from the Territorial Guard in February 1942 because of their race and were encouraged by YMCA leader Hung Wai Ching to volunteer their civilian labor to the military by forming the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV). In June 1942, the 100th Infantry Battalion was sent to Camp McCoy WI for training where they impressed leaders from Washington, D.C. while the VVV impressed the same leaders with their efforts and sacrifice. These two factors were crucial in FDR's decision to form the 442nd RCT in February 1943. In Hawaii, the decision to form the 442nd was met with 10,000 eager young men including members of the VVV volunteering. The movie ends with the 2,700 volunteers in March 1943 assembled at Iolani Palace prior to being shipped out. I agree if you're expecting battle scenes, you'd be disappointed, but the goal of this movie was to detail all the factors leading to the formation of these units. Mahalo!
@@isamiyoshihara8589 yeah I know and I understand they had a low budget. Sorry but they need someone who has the resources like Tom Hanks to produce one where the extras look legit and the uniforms are correct. Maybe as a veteran I’m too critical of these things but frankly the combat is the most critical part of the story because it’s what distinguishes the unit.
Yeah that's great idea...
Niihau incident
Great different war story. So entertaining and absorbing. And Van Johnson at his best. Endearing of the Japanese-American.
21 medals of honor for this unit
And probably should be more!
I've heard the 442nd Combat Infantry Regiment described as the "Purple Heart Regiment" due the high number of Combat Casualties they sustained in WWII.
With all due respect to the men who served with honorable distinction in the 442nd CIR, they were at least granted the 'honor' of "serving under arms". The 442nd were treated, and seen as Combat Soldiers. They weren't automatically relegated to 'support' companies, slit trench ditch diggers, truck drivers, maybe mess room orderlies.
No that shit was given too other Minorities I.E. Mexican's/Black's by shit i mean what you said about support/Diging Ditches Slit Trenches and alike don't know if you know this but one of the 442 was attacking Greman's In The Italian Mountain's in Italy's South too save some other American Soldiers Trapped By At least 7 too 8 Division's of Nazi's the Japanese American guy Was Named Daniel Inouye he got hit not once but four times by the fourth he had too be takeing down the Mountains by Greman pow's His Left arm was almost shot off so he just uesed his right one too shot at the Germans with his M1A1 Thomson Sub machine gun he said it must have been a pertty Gruesome site to be holed with my Arm Dangling like that with Blood comeing out of the Wound thoes Greman's Must have been thinking this man is Crazy when he was at the Field Hospital he got some blood transfusions from a All Black Company for Artillery men at least 17 Pints of it Wow that's something you would never know about unless you here it from the person ho was There saw that on Ken Burns Documentary on Channel 30 PBS TV Show Called Simply The War
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid; I learned history and a love for it, thanks to great WWII movies on TV.
Our military could learn a lot from the history of the 442 . They were by far the most decorated outfit of WW2 regardless of theatre .
My late father saw the 442 and subsequent members at Camp Shelby Mississippi. 30 years later my unit was there. There's a pretty good museum of military history at Camp Shelby, and there is some 442 memorabilia there
Niihau incident
@@TowGunnerYes, you keep repeating that, but the great majority, like probably at least 99.99999999% of Japanese Americans were loyal to America.
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How the fuck do you know?
As a veteran of the Texas 36th inf. this movie MAKE ME PROUD....
This movie is one of the most inspirational stories you could hope for. It’s unbelievable what these young men volunteered to do: fight for a country who denied them their basic human rights as Americans.
My father who fought in a different unit told me, the Germans were scared to death of the 442nd. Psychologically, this worked in favor of these Japanese Americans.
They don’t make them like this anymore it’s all I can say.They proved themselves patriotic Americans beyond a shadow of a doubt!
Have always loved this film. Wish more films were done in a similar manner. Powerful unifying message.
!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE & RIP TO ALL WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE !!!!!!!!!!
Dang... a whole regiment of Audie Murphys!!
I knew about the history concerning the Japanese-Americans fighting in Europe and their many awards for their valour, but this is the first time seeing this movie. Thank you for the upload, these old treasures deserve the spotlight now and again.
Thanks for posting this movie. Really enjoyed it. Gonna get it on dvd now so I’ve got it for keeps. Cheers.
I have it
Lt Grayson: Didn't Hitler tell you? Japan surrendered they're fighting on our side now!
German officer: I know nothing!
That German officer who surrendered is John Banner whom played Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes.
My father served in the 442nd. in Italy in the war. It was not until he passed away did my mother tell me about his service. Her stories were sad to listen to on how he was treated by our own country. He was decorated with the purple heart and two bronze stars in Italy alone. It's just a terrible shame what he went through and also his parents being interned in a camp by a country they loved dearly. He stayed in the Army for 12 years and I myself served 5 years in the U.S .Navy. The combat history of the 442nd and their bravery was just swept under the rug and after many decades they finally got the recognition from a government who turned their backs on them.
Van Johnson was the Rock Hudson of his day in every way and a better actor.
They were the REAL deal!
This movie was great! What an all-star cast, love and hugs to all of you.
Thanks for sharing. 442 was more decorated than any unit in Europe!!!
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Every man who fought it that war is a hero.
And Now we piss on there GRAVES by following COVID rules and wearing a mask
They proved themselves as American hero
@@Sir_Richard_Stewart That’s not pissing on their graves cause their parents did almost the same thing for the yellow flu epidemic in 1918.
Most decorated of all US history
Nope....
Not even close actually.
The official US Army historical record says the 11/442nd was and continues to be the most decorated unit for its size and time of combat service, in the history of the US Army. Just go to the US Army museum at Ft Belvoir, VA and see for yourself.
My grandpa was in the 3d infantry division. He used to tell my dad about seeing these guys in France and how these guys weren’t afraid of anything. I never understood why he wanted to always go to Hawaii and hated Texas so much. After doing some due diligence on everything related to my grandpa, he indeed was in the area and would’ve come into close contact with the 442nd around this time. God bless his soul. And God Bless the United States. And God Bless these patriots. He talked so highly of them. Something tells me they may have saved his life to some capacity.
Mahalo for sharing the story about your grandpa. To hear such words of praise from a member of the illustrious 3rd Infantry Division is an honor for those who served in the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd RCT.
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Great war film. Amazing I can remember talking with some WWII veterans in the early 1990s that still used the term Japs and carried a real bitterness almost 50 years later.
you had to be there to understand.
"Japs" ... it's short for "Japanese", so it's hardly an insult
Nothing like talking to a real WWII vet back in 91 at the Minnesota state capital grounds is a main gun from the USS Ward. I got to meet with a gunner from the USS Ward. He told me how she fired the first shot of WWII for America as they sunk a INJ navy sub tried to sneak into Pearl before the attack. He then taken time to tell me what each spot did for the gun operation... 2003 I think it was they found the mini sub just as how the Ward's crew always said they got the hit on the conning tower just at the water line.... That was one of the best days of my life as a 7-8 year old.
FDR signed Executive Order 9066 -- the exact opposite of what he states at the beginning of the film.
It's a shame they were not appreciated by some people at home.
Un avvincente film di guerra ben diretto e interpretato da ottimi attori affiatati peccato che non sia doppiato in italiano
It would be funny to see how Japanese American idioms are translated into Italian.
It would be funny to see how Japanese American idioms are translated into Italian.
Always the problem with the really GOOD movies.
I trained at Camp Shelby in the 80's and never knew the history there until a few years ago. WoW it's sad that I never knew any of this. Nobody told me I had to find out through the internet.
It's already breaking my heart. I went for broke when I met the sweetest Japanese people in my life, but never knew the brave loyalty that those in the military displayed. I had a violin professor from Japan, married to a white girl, and took Japanese cooking classes for many months with a Japanese couple. They were kind, compassionate and caring. We learned cooking for healing, as they both were atomic bomb survivors, and taught which foods are medicinal as well as nutritious. Brown rice 10 day diet was the basis, and renouncing things that are not healthy. (Red meat, refined sugar, coffee, alcohol were replaced with things like daikon pickle, kudzu tea, umebosi plum, miso soup, and hokaido pumpkin, which has such a thick skin, it resists radiation.
Wow.
Alot of Asians that immigrate have to go thru alot, not just sneak across a border. Abd then they are grateful. This was after Pearl harbor too!!!!
Thank you for sharing this. May God be with us all.
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Red meat is unhealthy? No wonder that all of mankind, since learning to walk have all died at one time or another over the milenia. They must have been eating red meat since cave men times... dummies.
There have been a number of Chinese nationals caught sneaking across our southern border recently.
Wonderful movie. Thank you for posting it. It is a noteworthy classic.
This is such an awesome film. Love the story, the characters, the fights, and comedy.
Comedy that worked...likely because they knew where it belonged.
I think "Paisan" was my favorite character. And he had a lot of -- "speaking" lines! :)
They left out the part where 900+ of the 442nd died saving 26 men of the lost battalion.
It was 900 plus Dammmmm How many Groups was that I.E. Trying too Save The Lost Battalion?????????????????????????
Roughly 1,000 casualties overall . 200 soldiers were killed in action (or missing) with over 800 seriously wounded
800 casualties during the entire month of October actually. Roughly 400 were inflicted during the rescue of the lost battalion.
That rescue is an integral event in 442nd history!
Actually the number rescued was 211 not 26
It was funny that a German officer was embarrassed when his unit was defeated by very small men who were Japanese Americans, whom US government didn't send to Pacific because they couldn't be distinguished from real Japanes soldiers.
Those germans were really confused lol
@@loyala.9322 Yes, they must have been confused because they realized that they were defeated by very small Orientals ,not US Army.
They'd been fighting small Oriental men in the Soviet Red Army for several years. The weirdness of FDR's racial beliefs can be illustrated by the frequent assignment of German and Italian Americans to the Pacific in the early days of the war. By 1944 most of this had broken down due to actual military needs and you got assigned where they thought they needed you. The Japanese Americans had already been formed into segregated but effective units so this just continued on.
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During WW2 ,Korean Americans also fought against Germans ,one of whom was officer
Young Oak Kim who was a platoon leader of 100th Infantry Battalion which was composed of Japanese Americans .
Thanks Film Detective, this is one of those films I never mind seeing again and again.
God Bless your dad you and your brother.
The 442nd the most decorated unit in US Army history. Much respect
No, sorry, that most decorated is the 65th infantry regiment "Borinqueneers" from Puerto 🇵🇷 Rico; this unit won the Congressional Gold Medal!
Jack the 442nd received 18,000 awards in less than 2 years. 4000 purple Hearts. 4000 Bronze stars. 8 presidential unit citations 5 which were earned in one month.21 medal of Honor medals. I spent 20 years in the US Army . I know the history of The Army .the 65th was a great unit . But the 442nd was and is the most decorated unit
@@neildonnelly5029 the 65 infantry had less men and because of racism the the 65th did not get any medals of honors this also happen to many African soldiers in the united states armed forces.
@@neildonnelly5029 , mahalo for listing the correct number of Purple Hearts, which has been incorrectly listed as 9,486 on many websites. This error arose when the author of the pictorial book Go for Broke mistakenly assumed the number (9,486) of casualties shown at the 1'57" point of the movie were all Purple Heart recipients when actually the number included roughly 5,000 non-battle related injuries and illnesses. I know the men of the 100th/442nd were extremely proud of their well-earned achievements without further embellishments.
@@jackrosario9990 no one "wins" medals dimbass...
A very interesting story. To be honest I had never heard of this but full respect to these guys, it must have been very hard.
I watched this as a boy 1981 didt even no how GREAT THIS movie or the real stories of these great men
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This is a great film. Love world War 2 movies. My late grandfather and great uncle both fought in the war.
God bless the 422nd us army the best forever I'm fans